~AMARIS
Everywhere was pitch dark. There was no sound, no light, no sense of direction…just a vast, heavy abyss that seemed to hold me suspended in nothingness. For a long time, I floated in that quiet void, the agonizing weight of the Silver Decay completely muted, the terrifying images of the club washed away by the shadows. I felt like a ghost, drifting far away from the ruin of my own choices.
But then, soft, rhythmic sounds slowly dragged me back to the surface. It was a faint, steady clicking, a dark and deliberate vibration that grew louder with every passing second.
My eyelids felt like lead, flickering heavily before I finally managed to force them open. The room was bathed in the dim, golden glow of a single fireplace, throwing dancing shadows against walls that looked massive and unfamiliar. For a long moment, my fractured mind couldn't recognize where I was. The sheets beneath my fingers weren't the standard cotton of my guest room; they were heavy, rich silk that felt dangerously cool against my skin.
I groaned softly, pushing through the thick haze in my head as I managed to sit up, taking in my surroundings with wide, disoriented eyes. The realization hit me like a physical blow. The towering mahogany furniture, the heavy scent of rain and old stone, the absolute, crushing aura of pure authority lingering in the air…this wasn't my room. This was the Alpha Wing. This was his room.
My breath caught in my throat as I looked down at myself, trying to understand how I had gotten here. My hands flew to my chest, expecting to find the torn, scandalous fabric of the dress the stranger had ripped apart. But the silk gown was completely gone.
Instead, I was drowning in a massive, heavy black button-down shirt. The hem of the garment fell all the way past my mid-thighs, the fabric so large it completely swallowed my frame. The moment I clutched the collar to my chest, a thick, suffocating wave of frostbitten pine swirled around my senses. It was his shirt. It carried the raw, unadulterated essence of Alpha Varg’s skin, sinking deep into my lungs and instantly triggering a frantic, needy purr from my inner wolf.
Surprised and terrified, I impulsively looked to my side, scanning the dim corners of the room.
And there he was. My greatest, most intoxicating nightmare was sitting quietly on a leather couch just a few feet away from the bed.
Alpha Varg was completely shirtless, his massive, mountainous chest and broad shoulders painted in the flickering orange light of the fire. The giant, ancient tattoos wrapped around his heavy muscles looked sharper, more dominant in the dark. He wasn't moving. He was just staring at me, studying my every blink with a cold, piercing intensity that made me feel entirely stripped bare. The only sound in the room was the quiet, rhythmic tapping of his thick fingers against the side table.
My fingers tightened into the fabric of his shirt, my voice coming out in a broken, unsteady whisper. “How did I… how did I get here?”
The moment the words left my lips, the floodgates of my memory burst completely open. The horrifying events of the previous night came flushing back into my head with a ruthless, vivid clarity that made my blood turn to ice.
I remembered the absolute terror of the club. I recalled the suffocating weight of that blue-eyed stranger pinning me against the wall, his hungry gaze tracking the exposure of my body. The phantom feeling of his fingers sliding down my skin made my p***y leak instantly, a sudden, shameful gush of slick soaking into the sheets beneath me. I remembered the raw horror of watching him rip the front of my dress in one ruthless pull, leaving my breasts completely unshielded under his lustful grin.
And then… the arrival of my savior.
The image of Alpha Varg crashing through that door like an unholy force of vengeance replayed behind my eyelids. I had watched him beat that Alpha to a bloody, unconscious pulp with a merciless, primal rage that had left me entirely paralyzed. But as the adrenaline of the rescue peaked, my terminal Silver Decay had begun flaring up violently. The overwhelming cocktail of fear, desire, and raw hormones running through my veins had triggered a massive attack. I recalled my head banging like a drum, the blood running in my veins like an overflowing, chaotic stream of boiling water. My lungs had locked up, the shadows had rushed in, and everywhere had gone completely blank.
And now, I was here. In his bed. Wrapped in his clothes.
Alpha Varg suddenly stopped tapping his fingers. The silence in the room became heavy, thick with a dark, suffocating tension as he stood up from the couch.
He strode toward the bed with slow, deliberate steps, his towering frame casting a massive shadow that completely swallowed the mattress. My heart began to pound violently against my ribs, my pulse thudding heavily in my throat, my ears, and between my trembling thighs. The raw authority rolling off his bare skin was a physical weight, a command that forced me to look up at him even as my soul shivered in fear.
He didn't stop until he reached the edge of the bed. The mattress groaned as he sat down, positioning himself dangerously close to me. He was so near I could feel the scalding heat radiating from his chest, his scent completely dominating the room until I couldn't breathe anything but him.
He leaned forward slightly, his jaw clenched into a hard, stone line as his pitch-black eyes locked into mine.
“I warned you not to leave for that party, right?” he rumbled. His low, gravelly voice was a dangerous vibration that shook through my very bones, entirely devoid of mercy.
My throat felt dry as ash. I swallowed hard, my hands trembling as I clutched the front of his shirt even tighter, trying to find a way to justify the absolute disaster I had caused.
“E-Ember…” I stuttered, my voice breaking as I tried to hold his intense gaze. “Ember forced me to go, Alpha. She pulled me from the kitchen after you left, and she wouldn't listen to me. I told her you said no, but she dragged me out before I could even understand what was happening. I didn't want to disobey you.”
Varg didn't blink. He didn't accept the excuse. Instead, he leaned in even closer, closing the remaining distance between us until his face was just inches from mine. The sheer proximity made my head spin, the heavy, possessive energy of the mate bond flaring up like a wild inferno under my skin.
“Ember is my daughter,” Varg growled softly, his hot breath tickling the sensitive skin of my lips, making a soft, pathetic gasp escape my mouth. “But you are the one under my personal watch. My words are pack law in this house, Amaris. When I tell you to stay inside, you do not let anyone…not even my daughter…pull you out into a den of hungry wolves.”
Slowly, his large, calloused hand rose from his side. My eyes tracked his fingers as they reached out, the tips of his fingers tracing a slow, agonizing line down the side of my cheek. His skin was rough, a stark contrast to my trembling flesh, but the moment his touch connected with my face, the agonizing headache from the decay completely vanished. The relief was instantaneous, an intoxicating surge of comfort that made my wolf whimper loudly within my chest, begging for more.
He noticed the reaction. His dark eyes flared with a predatory satisfaction as he slid his hand down, his thumb dragging across my lower lip, forcing it to split slightly.
“Look at you,” Varg whispered, his voice dropping into a dark, rough register that sent a violent shiver straight down to my core. “You’re shaking. Your heart is trying to break out of your chest, yet your body is dripping wet for me. You almost let another man defile what belongs to the leader of this pack.”
He trailed his fingers further down, wrapping his heavy hand around the column of my neck, his thumb resting right over my frantic, racing pulse point. The grip wasn't tight enough to hurt, but it was an absolute display of dominance that left me entirely at his mercy. He squeezed slightly, forcing my head to tilt back, exposing the delicate, bare line of my neck to his gaze.
My breath ceased completely. The proximity was a beautiful, suffocating torture. My p***y was leaking desperately now, the thick slick pooling between my bare thighs, soaking right into the oversized shirt he had clothed me in. I wanted him to rip the buttons open. I wanted his monster hands to explore every inch of my wet, swollen flesh and break my virginity right here on his sheets. The tension in the room was a living, breathing beast, pulling us both toward a breaking point.
Varg leaned down, his nose brushing against the sensitive skin beneath my ear. He inhaled deeply, a long, deep snort that drew my jasmine scent and the smell of my raw arousal straight into his lungs. I let out a loud, shameless moan, my back arching off the mattress as my hands instinctively reached up to grip his broad, tattooed shoulders, my nails digging into his hard muscles.
“You want me to f**k you,” Varg rumbled against my skin, his voice a dominant purr that made my knees turn to water. “You’re begging for your Alpha to break you right now, aren't you, little wolf?”
“Y-Yes, Daddy… please,” I sobbed out, completely stripped of my pride, my head rolling back as I pulled him closer to my chest.
But just as the tension reached a boiling point, Varg abruptly stopped. He froze against my neck, his jaw clenching hard before he slowly, deliberately pulled his face away from mine. He released his grip on my neck, leaving a cold, empty void where his burning heat had just been.
I blinked through the tears of my frustration, my chest heaving as I stared up at his expressionless face. Why did he always stop? Why did he keep torturing me like this?
Varg stood up from the bed, towering over me once again, his dark eyes locking onto my ruined, shivering form with a cold, absolute authority.
“You disobeyed a direct command, Amaris,” he said, his gravelly voice dropping into a registry that left no room for hope. “You allowed yourself to be exposed to danger. Your wolf needs to learn submission to her master.”
I lost my breath instantly, staring up at him in raw terror.
“You will remain in this room, under my lock and key,” Varg commanded, his dark eyes flashing with a possessive, inescapable promise. “And before this night is over, I will give you a punishment that will ensure you never think of disobeying me again. Consider yourself entirely mine to break.”